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| Utilitarianism: is a doctrine of ethics which takes the assumed greatest benefit for the greatest number of affected people as the moral aim. See also hedonism, good/the good, preference-utilitarianism, rule-utilitarianism, ethics, morality, deontology, consequentialism, benefit._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Brad Hooker on Utilitarianism - Dictionary of Arguments
Singer I 233 Utilitarianism/Climate change/Brad Hooker/Singer, P.: (B. Hooker 2000)(1)): Hooker argues for a version of rule utilitarianism that prevents rules from becoming too complicated. >Utilitarianism, >Rule utilitarianism. He believes that we are acting wrongly if we break a rule that is part of a set of rules that, if internalised by an overwhelming majority of the population, would have the best consequences. If the rules became too complex, people would find it hard to internalize them. The cost of educating people would be too high. >Education, >Education policy. P. Singer: an example of such a complex rule would be: "Only cross the lawn when no one is watching". >Rules, >Community, >Society, >Law. Christopher KutzVs: (Chr. Kutz 2000)(2): Complicity Principle: If I knowingly participate in the wrong thing others do until I am responsible for what these others do. 1. B. Hooker (2000). Ideal Code, Real World. Oxford. 2. Chr. Kutz, (2000). Complicity: Ethics and Law for a Collective Age, Cambridge._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Hooker I Brad Hooker Ideal Code, Real World: A Rule-Consequentialist Theory of Morality Oxford 2003 SingerP I Peter Singer Practical Ethics (Third Edition) Cambridge 2011 SingerP II P. Singer The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically. New Haven 2015 |
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